14 U.S. Code § 569 - Report on former Coast Guard officials employed by contractors to the agency

(a) Report Required.— Not later than December 31, 2011, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the employment during the preceding year by Coast Guard contractors of individuals who were Coast Guard officials in the previous 5-year period. The report shall assess the extent to which former Coast Guard officials were provided compensation by Coast Guard contractors in the preceding calendar year.

(b) Objectives of Report.— At a minimum, the report required by this section shall assess the extent to which former Coast Guard officials who receive compensation from Coast Guard contractors have been assigned by those contractors to work on contracts or programs between the contractor and the Coast Guard, including contracts or programs for which the former official personally had oversight responsibility or decisionmaking authority when they served in or worked for the Coast Guard.

(c) Confidentiality Requirement.— The report required by this subsection shall not include the names of the former Coast Guard officials who receive compensation from Coast Guard contractors.

(d) Access to Information.— A Coast Guard contractor shall provide the Comptroller General access to information requested by the Comptroller General for the purpose of conducting the study required by this section.

(e) Definitions.— In this section:

(1) Coast guard contractor.— The term “Coast Guard contractor” includes any person that received at least $10,000,000 in contractor awards from the Coast Guard in the calendar year covered by the annual report.

(2) Coast guard official.— The term “Coast Guard official” includes former officers of the Coast Guard who were compensated at a rate of pay for grade O–7 or above during the calendar year prior to the date on which they separated from the Coast Guard, and former civilian employees of the Coast Guard who served at any Level of the Senior Executive Service under subchapter
VIII of chapter
53 of title
5, United States Code, during the calendar year prior to the date on which they separated from the Coast Guard.